Andrea Montermini


Andrea Montermini is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Montermini raced in Formula 3 in 1989, taking second place in the Monaco GP support race and 4th in the Italian F3 Championship. He then moved up to Formula 3000, racing for three seasons before finally taking second place in the 1992 season, winning three rounds while driving for the Il Barone Rampante team.
at the 1995 British Grand Prix.
at the 1996 San Marino Grand Prix.
He participated in 29 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 29 May 1994 for Simtek, replacing Roland Ratzenberger, who had been killed during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Montermini himself crashed heavily in practice for the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, breaking his left heel and his right foot. He returned to Formula One the next season, with the Pacific Grand Prix team, and drove for Forti in 1996 alongside countryman Luca Badoer until the team folded. Montermini was also rumoured to become a test driver for the MasterCard Lola team, but it folded after one race in 1997. He scored no points in his Formula One career.
He competed in the American Champ Car series three different seasons: 1993-1994 and 1999. He scored a 4th place at Detroit in his first season, driving for the underfunded Euromotorsport team. In 1999 he drove a few events for Dan Gurney in Gurney's last season of team ownership. When others such as Alex Barron, Gualter Salles and Raul Boesel were replaced, he filled in and scored a best finish of 11th in Vancouver.
He raced in the 2001 24 Hours of Daytona, but has primarily raced in the FIA GT Championship, mostly in Ferrari cars. He has taken two class wins and four further class podiums. In 2006 he has occasionally raced alongside Jarek Janis and Sascha Bert in a Saleen ran by the Zakspeed team. In 2007 he won the International GT Open's GTA class, driving a Ferrari 430 for Scuderia Playteam alongside co-champion Michele Maceratesi, the duo becoming overall champions the following season. He won a second overall championship title in 2013.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints
1990Madgwick InternationalDON
Ret
SIL
4
PAU
Ret
JER
3
MNZ
Ret
PER
Ret
HOC
Ret
BRH
Ret
BIR
9
BUG
2
NOG
Ret
8th13
19913001 InternationalVAL
Ret
PAU
Ret
JER
3
MUG
11
PER
10
HOC
Ret
BRH
10
SPA
Ret
BUG
3
NOG
Ret
10th8
1992Il Barone RampanteSIL
Ret
PAU
Ret
CAT
1
PER
3
HOC
9
NÜR
Ret
2nd34
1992Forti CorseSPA
1
ALB
1
NOG
4
MAG
Ret
2nd34

American open wheel racing results

CART

Complete Formula One results

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617WDCPoints
1994MTV Simtek FordSimtek S941Ford HBD 6 3.5 V8BRAPACSMRMONESP
DNQ
CANFRAGBRGERHUNBELITAPOREURJPNAUSNC0
1995Pacific Grand PrixPacific PR02Ford ED 3.0 V8BRA
9
ARG
Ret
SMR
Ret
ESP
DNS
MON
DSQ
CAN
Ret
FRA
NC
GBR
Ret
GER
8
HUN
12
BEL
Ret
ITA
Ret
POR
Ret
EUR
Ret
PAC
Ret
JPN
Ret
AUS
Ret
NC0
1996Forti Grand PrixForti FG01BFord Zetec-R 3.0 V8AUS
DNQ
BRA
Ret
ARG
10
EUR
DNQ
SMR
DNQ
NC0
1996Forti Grand PrixForti FG03Ford Zetec-R 3.0 V8MON
DNS
ESP
DNQ
CAN
Ret
FRA
Ret
GBR
DNQ
GER
DNP
HUNBELITAPORJPNNC0

24 Hours of Le Mans results